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Edited on Fri Apr-09-10 03:40 PM by greencharlie
We have 33% of the nation who pretty much likes the Democratic Party, 33% who like the Republicans and 33% who are true independents.
It was easy to see the Independents swing to the Democratic side of things as the Republicans became known as the party of Bible thumpers, gun nuts (no offense, I'm a gun owner and advocate) and homophobic puritans.
As long as the Republican party is the party of ^^that^^ they will lose the majority of independents and elections.
So what has happened in the last year? Well, the economy has made many independents anti-incumbent. The shrill cries of "Socialist, Liberty and Marxist" have succeeded in pushing some indies right.
The fundies have lost control of the Republican party... and that's good. Well, maybe not. The Republican party TODAY is the amalgamation of the Fundies, Libertarians, Fiscal Cons and the Independents. They've never cobbled together these groups all at the same time before. That's why they're favored to strike big in November.
Solution? Stop hammering on the Repubs as "teabaggers"... and "klansmen", hell polling shows that more American identify with THEM! Bring back the criticisms that WORK. Force legislation on items like DADT, GLBT equality, Abortion and maybe even a "trap bill" for something like banning "cop killer" bullets or some meaningless red herring just to bring out the wing-nuts.
Re-introduce the public to the REPUBLICAN party of the 90's... intolerant, bigoted and "crude". The Clinton administration did a GREAT job of this exact thing from 1996-1998.
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